Monthly Archives: August 2014

Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month: August 2014

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Cora

It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. And this month, the round-up will even be crossposted to the Speculative Fiction Showcase, a new group blog dedicated to all things speculative fiction. So … Continue reading →

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An Interview and Introducing the Speculative Fiction Showcase

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Cora

I’ve been interviewed at the Speculative Fiction Showcase and talk about writing, food, movies, recycling and speculative fiction, of course. This reminds that I haven’t actually talked about the Speculative Fiction Showcase yet. The Speculative Fiction Showcase is a group … Continue reading →

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The Eight Hour Fiction Challenge for August and “The Cork and the Bottle”

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Cora

You may remember the eight hour e-book challenge, a semi-regular event instigated by Joe Konrath last year and since then continued by Donald Rump. I took part three times so far, and even though I’m currently putting the finishing touches … Continue reading →

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A Bestseller in Australia

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Cora

It’s been a while since I hit an Amazon category bestseller list, especially since the introduction of Kindle Unlimited messed up the rankings and also caused them to lag behind the sales reports. However now Flights of Madness has hit … Continue reading →

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Yet more Amazon bashing from Germany

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Cora

I’ve been planning this post for a few days now, gathering links, when Amazon decided to escalate its battle with Hachette by sending a rather strange e-mail to everybody with a KDP account. At first, I actually thought this was … Continue reading →

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Kobo Next in German – with Pegasus Pulp e-book/Kobo Next jetzt auch auf Deutsch – mit einem Pegasus Pulp Buch

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Cora

Kobo Next, Kobo’s own indie e-book discovery platform, is now also available in German. And one of the books featured is none other than Die Liebe in den Zeiten des Frischkornmüslis, i.e. the German edition of Love in the Times … Continue reading →

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The July Eight Hour Fiction Challenge Revisited

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Cora

A few days ago, I posted about taking the eight hour e-book challenge and presented the result, Seeing Red. Now Donald Rump a.k.a. S.E. Gordon, instigator of the challenge, has posted information about and links to all the July challenge … Continue reading →

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